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Are you sure you are a procrastinator? Chances are you are NOT. I was also a long time procrastinator (at least I believed) till I came across this article htt
by reactor 13y ago
Are you sure you are a procrastinator? Chances are you are NOT.
I was also a long time procrastinator (at least I believed) till I came across this article http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/opinion/sunday/why-smokers-still-smoke.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/opinion/sunday/why-smokers... which is changing me (its only a week now)
As I said, you might not be a procrastinator, you may very well be a victim of seeking short time pleasure at the cost of long term benefits.
Your impulse to read online, game for whatever time wasting activity might be giving you the short term kick/relief and keep doing them will cause the task (which you think you OUGHT to do) to postpone later (or better, you are not finding time to do them).
Read the article and think it through and reflect.
If you realize the actual problem, it is easy to break.
I'm doing it now. Its getting better, I can vouch.
Thanks
A friend.
- dreeves 13y agoWhat that article describes is exactly the philosophy behind Beeminder. Now I'm dying to know what made you conclude that you don't have that problem (known most generally as Akrasia, btw) and what lifehackery you're now using.